Quanterix Corporation, a company digitizing biomarker analysis with the goal of advancing the science of precision health, recently announced it has surpassed an important milestone that its technology has been highlighted in more than 100 third-party, peer-reviewed publications in neurology. Driven by increased demand for the company’s Simoa technology, which continues to prove itself as the industry standard for ultra-sensitive biomarker detection, this brings the total number of publications for the company to over 215 across neurology, oncology, cardiology, inflammation and infectious disease.

Roche recently announced it has obtained US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the VENTANA ALK (D5F3) CDx Assay as a companion diagnostic to identify ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients eligible for treatment with the Roche medicine ALECENSA® (alectinib). The VENTANA ALK (D5F3) CDx Assay is the only test FDA-approved as a companion diagnostic for ALECENSA.

Biognosys AG announced today a breakthrough in the development of its next generation proteomics technology that helps scientists to understand complex biological processes. For the first time, Biognosys’ data-independent acquisition (DIA) mass spectrometry workflow has identified and quantified more peptides than sequentially possible with data dependent acquisition (DDA) on a Thermo Scientific™ Q Exactive™ HF. The DIA method now provides a clear path to the ultimate life science community goal – to quantify every protein, the complete proteome, in a biological sample of interest. The results of the study have recently been published in the journal Molecular and Cellular Proteomics.

Glucosylsphingosine (lyso-Gb1), a recently identified biomarker for Gaucher disease (GD), was shown to contribute to the development or peripheral symptoms in a mouse study, potentially validating its use as a diagnostic tool, according to new research. The study, “Glucosylsphingosine Causes Hematological and Visceral Changes in Mice—Evidence for a Pathophysiological Role in Gaucher Disease,” was published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.